Three Valleys' form on the racecourse continues to puzzle his trainer Roger Charlton.

The brilliant winner of last season's Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot was a well-beaten 11th in the UltimateBet.com 2000 Guineas last time out and has had a "nice break" since Newmarket.

"Three Valleys - I don't know," the Beckhampton trainer said.

"He's the best of the lot but he hasn't realised that on the racecourse.

"He works so much better than Avonbridge that I thought Avonbridge (a winner in France on Sunday) wasn't working well and it was the same last year.

"We haven't seen it on a racecourse for a while. It's frustrating."

Charlton has an embarrassment of riches in the sprinting division with the likes of Trade Fair and Patavellian as well as Avonbridge and he is hoping to mount a strong challenge with them at Royal Ascot.

He said: "Patavellian will not run if the ground is fast. His legs are not as good as they were. Therefore if it was fast he'd probably end up having an autumn campaign ending up in the Haydock Sprint and the Prix de l'Abbaye again.

"With Trade Fair we don't know whether he is a six-furlong or seven-furlong horse but he doesn't want soft ground so he could go for the Golden Jubilee or July Cup or go back to seven furlongs."

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Ladbrokes have suspended betting on the jockeys' title after Kieren Fallon once again played a starring role at the Vodafone Derby meeting.

The reigning champion booted home four Epsom winners over the two days, headed by North Light's victory in the blue riband, which itself came hot on the heels of Ouija Board's brilliant display in the Oaks on Friday.

And for good measure the Irishman continued his purple patch at Newmarket on Saturday night with a double aboard Park Romance and Castleton.

"He was 1-3 before the weekend and, although Frankie Dettori and Darryll Holland will be giving their all, we think it's a one-horse race," said the firm's spokesman Balthazar Fabricius.

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Criquette Head-Maarek has confirmed that American Post will be given a break before returning for a campaign in the second half of the season.

The son of Bering appeared to tire in the closing stages when finishing sixth in the Vodafone Derby after travelling particularly well in the slipstream of eventual winner North Light.

But the Khalid Abdullah-owned colt is none the worse for his exertions, according to his trainer.

"He ran very well. He came home last night, he ate all his food and he is fine," Mme Head-Maarek said from Chantilly racecourse.

"He will have a rest now and we will bring him back for August or September."

The Prix du Moulin over a mile and the ten-furlong Juddmonte International are two possible options for the French 2000 Guineas winner.

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Salford City will drop back in trip after his fine fifth in the Vodafone Derby at Epsom.

But whether that will be in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on July 3 or the Juddmonte International at York on August 17 has yet to be decided by trainer David Elsworth.

The Michael Tabor-owned colt ran North Light to five lengths in the blue riband on what was his first venture beyond a mile, and Elsworth said: "I thought he ran well, but he didn't appear to stay. He came there to be near enough second and then ran out of gas.

"I got excited and I thought we were going to be in the three.

"But it didn't happen and I think we are going to have to shorten him up a bit (in trip).

"He's a very good horse and it was felt that if he had a chance he ought to take it, it just didn't work out unfortunately.

"The Eclipse is a race we'll put him in, but he's been on the go since Christmas and it might be better if we left him for the Juddmonte and a campaign in the second half of the season."